The History of Piracy and Smuggling
Teacher: Andrew Pruett
Description:
This course examines the history of global piracy and smuggling from antiquity to the current day. The course will look into factors that created piracy from the South China Sea to the Caribbean, cultural history of pirates, their tools and the effects of piracy and smuggling on the state and its response.
Materials: Provided Readings, Video Lectures
Rediker, Marcus. Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age. Beacon Press, 2010.
COURSE OUTLINE
Teacher: Andrew Pruett
Description:
This course examines the history of global piracy and smuggling from antiquity to the current day. The course will look into factors that created piracy from the South China Sea to the Caribbean, cultural history of pirates, their tools and the effects of piracy and smuggling on the state and its response.
Materials: Provided Readings, Video Lectures
Rediker, Marcus. Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age. Beacon Press, 2010.
COURSE OUTLINE
- Piracy in the Mediterranean and Medieval Europe. (2 weeks)
- Early Pirates - Gentlemen Pirates (2 weeks)
- Golden Age of Piracy(6 weeks)
- South China Sea Pirates (1 week)
- Smuggling (2 weeks)
- Modern Piracy and Smuggling (2 weeks)